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Table 7 Mean accuracy of EBV for purebred and crossbred performance obtained using single-step terminal-cross models and its difference from the mean accuracy (in parentheses) obtained using pedigree-based terminal-cross models (in parentheses)

From: Pedigree and genomic evaluation of pigs using a terminal-cross model

Trait

PB performance

CB performance

Sires

Phenotyped candidates

Unphenotyped candidates

Sires

Phenotyped candidates

Unphenotyped candidates

ADG

0.660 (0.110)

0.574 (0.026)

0.420 (0.059)

0.697 (0.046)

0.509 (0.181)

0.413 (0.084)

FCR

0.732 (0.113)

0.659 (0.020)

0.489 (0.054)

0.745 (0.065)

0.614 (0.259)

0.477 (0.121)

LM

0.716 (0.046)

0.696 (0.007)

0.490 (0.023)

0.724 (0.041)

0.535 (0.185)

0.434 (0.084)

pH

0.745 (0.133)

0.638 (0.026)

0.484 (0.068)

0.750 (0.080)

0.624 (0.273)

0.4807 (0.130)

DL

0.768 (0.046)

0.768 (0.005)

0.535 (0.024)

0.741 (0.119)

0.678 (0.371)

0.493 (0.185)

IMF

0.688 (0.105)

0.625 (0.019)

0.450 (0.053)

0.730 (0.040)

0.547 (0.184)

0.442 (0.078)

  1. PB purebred, CB crossbred, ADG growth rate between end and beginning of the control period, FCR feed conversion ratio, LM % of lean meat, pH pH longissimus dorsi, DL drip loss, IMF intramuscular fat